Surveys
We can provide advice as well as walk-around surveys to help you plan cost-effective carbon reduction projects.
Once you have requested a survey, an accredited consultant will visit your organisation and work with you to:
- review your energy usage
- identify energy-saving opportunities
- define practical ‘next steps’
Some of our recommendations involve no capital outlay whatsoever. But if any capital expenditure is necessary, our consultant will work with you to calculate the payback period.
Apply for a survey online now and after we receive your application, we’ll give you a call to discuss our eligibility criteria and what we need from you.
Central Government Carbon Management
Participants of past and and current Public Sector Management (xls)
Why take part?
Central government in England is responsible for an estimated 18% of public-sector emissions. From Whitehall departments to prisons, we help central government organisations show leadership in creating a low-carbon economy. By meeting and exceeding carbon budgets and Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate (SOGE) targets, departments can also maximise efficiency.
What is involved?
Our Carbon Management service provides the expertise your organisation needs to identify and then effectively implement practical cost and carbon savings.
Our aim is to enable central government organisations to cut their carbon emissions and make ongoing cost savings and process improvements.Our service guides participating organisations through a structured process that:
- builds a team
- measures cost and carbon footprint
- identifies and prioritises projects
- creates a case for action
- provides expertise to implement projects
We make sure you have all the consultant support you need by providing workshops, teleconferences, webinars and national events. The service takes the form of a 5-step process.
The 5 step process
How is Carbon Management different?
Even if your organisation has already reduced its carbon emissions, you can still benefit from carbon management. Have a think about the following questions:
- Is everyone in your organisation thinking about carbon reduction?
- Has your organisation recorded its £ savings through energy reduction so far?
- Is there a list of future short, medium, and long-term measures in place to ensure green growth?
- Does your organisation know how cost-efficient these measures will be?
If the answer to any of the above is "no", you should seriously consider applying to be on the next round of the carbon management service.
How to apply
Our pilot central government Carbon Management service started in April 2010 and ran for 10 months. All you need to take part is a genuine and active commitment to change in your organisation. If you would like to be considered for the next phase, please email publicsector@carbontrust.co.uk, and include your:
- title, forename and surname
- position and organisation
- telephone number
- annual energy bill, and what this bill includes
For more information read our Central Government Carbon Management Service Overview (PDF).
Strategic Design Advice (SDA)
Accredited expertise to help identify and implement carbon reduction in the design, construction and review of new or large developments. The Carbon Trust, together with a small pool of highly-skilled and accredited consultants, will work with your team to challenge conventional design standards and provide strategic interventions to ensure that carbon and life-cycle costs are accounted for throughout the design process. Advice is provided in two areas, Low Carbon Buildings Design Advice and Data Centre Design Advice.
Low Carbon Buildings (LCBDA)
Three streams of work are available to help customers planning a new development, or refurbishment project.
- Stream 1: New build construction and multi-site template designs. Working with your design team, this service aims to set buildings’ emissions targets and meet them through strategic interventions during the design and build process.
- Stream 2: The Carbon Manager. The Carbon Manager can be engaged at any point through the construction process to act as a “critical friend” on issues relating to the carbon impact of the build process, embodied carbon, life-cycle assessments and value engineering and post-occupancy evaluation.
- Stream 3: Decentralised energy. Support to the public sector and developers on local energy networks incorporating renewable technologies and district heating
Ideally, the customer is engaged early on in order to optimally influence decisions around site selection, building orientation, architectural and passive design, as well as energy strategies including renewables.
Data Centre (DCDA)
This service will reduce your carbon footprint, your operational energy costs, the burden of CRC, and provide resilience to current and future legislation.
With a low carbon focus firmly on the client, the service can either set the scope for a new data centre, or review the performance of an existing one. It looks at software and what data storage might be required, hardware and how many servers are needed, and facilities support such as associated building and engineering services.
The client is able to select design configurations, having compared recommended vendors’ hardware, and capital and operational cost – an holistic calculation with both IT and the supporting infrastructure in mind.
The efficient operation of the facility is paramount: essential testing, written guidelines, and training of the client’s teams all ensure an optimal and low carbon occupation.
Get in touch now and find out how to apply for design advice:
Collaborative Implementation Programmes
To help progress implementation, Government departments and NDGBs with similar carbon reduction projects are taken through a series of workshops run by leading experts in key technology areas.
Starting with an introduction to the technology, the workshops address common and sector-specific barriers to implementation. The implementation process is mapped, looking at performance specifications, design, tendering and installation, advice on contractual negotiation and practical examples from within the region where available. Each attendee will create a detailed action plan to take away. Technology days include:
- Renewable Heating technologies, with a focus on Biomass
- Building-integrated renewables
- Electrical energy efficiency within buildings
- Focus on voltage management
- Motors and Variable speed Drives
- Effective behavioural change workshop
If you are interested in our collaborative implementation programmes, please contact us.
Carbon Trust Implementation can also help you obtain a set of high quality, competitive proposals for an energy efficiency project at no upfront cost.
Surveys
We can provide expert advice as well as walk-around surveys to help you plan cost-effective carbon reduction projects.
Once you have requested a survey, an accredited consultant will visit your organisation and work with you to:
- review your energy usage
- identify energy-saving opportunities
- define practical ‘next steps’
Some of our recommendations involve no capital outlay whatsoever. But if any capital expenditure is necessary, our consultant will work with you to calculate the payback period.
Apply for a survey online now and after we receive your application, we’ll give you a call to discuss our eligibility criteria and what we need from you.
Her Majesty’s Prison Service
With an annual energy bill of £45 million – the second highest in the public sector – Her Majesty’s Prison Service had a strong business case for saving energy.
Department of Energy and Climate Change
When Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) moved into its new headquarters it set about improving its carbon management, with help from Carbon Trust.
RAF Kinloss
From August to December 2005, the Carbon Trust worked with the MOD Defence Estates, the RAF and AMEC Turner, the MOD’s Regional Prime Contractor for Scotland on a project to reduce its carbon emissions.